Breaking news

Andrea has texted me to say that while walking the dogs last night (she is at the Nationals for Dog obedience/agility/breed except she is there with Max for tracking.) Max got a scent and started tracking...turns out he was tracking an offender and the police got him with Maxs' and Andreas help!! So she had to make a statement blah blah blah! Wowee that wouldlve been scary but thrilling for her! Go Max! Hes is one smart dog! Hope she gets mentioned for that at the nationals..this novice tracker has done this!
Im laughing at this offender though..he picked the wrong day to do something bad!
Im snowed under here with paper work atm ..herd records to update and the farm consultant has just decided to put mating forward 10days so we have had a mad scramble to get the bull semen organised for earlier. And then the bulls are going in earlier etc etc all a flow on effect. It also means more work for us but will be great for next years calving and more money in the bank for us.
Am looking forward to tonights Online crop at SO ..have several LOs to finish and several more to start over this weekend in between more herd record updating. yeah right!

Chris Ms class

I had an awesome night of scrapping on Saturday night with some of the girls at SO and this is my take on Chris Millars class.

Yep its me asleep on the sofa with the tv remote control and an empty wine glass...a typical sight in my house over calving. Crack up photo aye? Lovely of Hubby to take it hmmmm will get him back on that one! I have cut around the border edge (cant really see very well) but looks great.

Just got my rejection email for Up2scrap...never mind!... will apply again next time! However they want one of my LOs for the gift of life category so thats good. Busy doing CJs, my button Lo for Scrapbook Essentials August Swap Comp, the Get Real SO compettition- I havent done any yet and you have to do 3 per month!!

and then have to start on the 2 DT submissions coming up. Have decided on both of my OTP projects which is typical as thats usually the first thing that gets done. Unfortunately Im busy with a bit of farmwork atm. Im the big meany and weaned 15 of my calves so they are bunting me up the bum everytime I go near them (Im giving them meal 2x daily so have lots of bruises!!!) Every year I Hum and Ha over whether they are 100 kg yet and when i end up weighing them, they are 120kg! Big Malumbas!). The calf club calves are coming along nicely. Rhys has almost finished getting all the hairs out. Jennifer has a bit more to do but will get there in time too. I am so proud of them..its a lot of hard work. I have to laugh as one of the judges drives past every morning on the way to his work and sees my kids out there at 7.30 am every morning! snigger!

Well had better get out there..this arvo I am measuring the grass in each paddock with a platemeter. Very time consuming but it is my job every 10 days to do one. (we are working out how much we can feed each cow basically). Scientific mumbo jumbo but accurate.

caio

Production

Before makeup and hair done....................................
they were normal honest! lol!
Rhys decided on a goatee lat night (his last performance)which was unlike him as all the previous shows he had without. I finally managed to take a pic of him (he sees me coming and hides if I have my camera)
Jennifer is just loving the whole experience and it shows. She just beams on stage! She is tired though ..its really hard on the year 5s doing 4 shows I reckon but the fact is that the production is sooo popular that they have to have 4 to fit all the spectators in.
Jennifer was an Outlaw AND an entertainer in this production. She had all her lines, singing and dance moves down pat.
Rhys was a Citizen, had more lines to say than Jennifer (so he tells her). He auditioned for a major role but didnt get it. A bit of a shame as he has a good voice. Sees himself as a rock star me thinks!


Look at Jennifers Scary hair!!! Yep you guessed it gotta scrap that!
























And can ANYONE tell me how to get this slide above into my template on my side bar? I have tried heaps of times but every time it pushes my links etc way down the page. GRRRrr


Edited to add..yipee I did it!

Dare No 7- Metal

Here is my entry for the No 8 Wired metal dare. Yep I have quite a bit of stash so thought Id use it up on this Layout! Im a magpie really and I have to admit to buying Jennifers clothes that have things attached! e.g The metal flower was on a hair tie and if you look where the 'treasure' paper clip is you will see why I bought this pair of jeans...It has a metal/plastic star hanging off..lol! Shame on me!! Only problem is that Jennifer has now cottoned onto this and is insisting on it being in her scrap stash...until I reminded her that I paid for it so its MINE...hehehe. Why did I let my daughter start to scrapbook aye?

I cant seem to get a good pic of this LO! papers are by Reminisence which I have used every scrap of ..loved these papers. There is Claudia Elysse mesh and word, book plate, pink heart pin, brown spiral clip, treasure pp clip, diamantes, scrap metal MY (painted and doodled), metallic embroidery floss and the metal flower.

Now Id better clean up my place..it looks as though a bombs hit!!

This week is School Production week. Both Rhys and Jennifer have speaking parts and Jennifer also has a jazz dance to do in a talent show within it too. This is her first year (only year 5 up do it) and she was lucky enough to get a part. Usually they pick the older kids so she is rapt! Cant wait to see it tonight. Tomorrow I am helping with makeup so hope to get some photos! Rhys was pleased that he had more lines than his sister! lol

They are both madly brushing their calves for calf club day atm. Basically all the coarse outer hair has to come out to reveal the soft coat underneath. Theyve been at it a month now ..twice a day for an hour each. Its 3 weeks until calf club and they have their work cut out for them these holidays. They drive me nuts as they muck around, fight (physical ones as well as verbal), sing and complain bitterly that they arent going to get anywhere...and it goes on! But its all worth it at the end when they get a ribbon or two or three and cups galore. Life lessons learnt I feel of perseverence and satisfaction of a job well done!

Have a good week everyone.

Yesterday I had

Whitebait for lunch! My fritters arent really fritters..more like an omelette ....It was yum!
Hubby has the bug now and is off whitebaiting at every opportunity! lol! His biggest haul has only been about a cup so only enough for Hubby and I so kids are still drooling and waiting.

Ive decided not to enter for the FK Awards for Excellence ..just not enough time to do it justice and I thought I would be pushing to get it finished on time. Anyway I have decided that little ol NZ has enough comps at the moment so I am going to concentrate on them.

So yesterday I finished my Up2scrap DT Double LO. Today I am photographing and will email them off tonight. The double is about my Hubbys efforts to whitebait...really fun LO. I havent done a double for about a year and really enjoyed it! I think Hubby was secretly pleased I was doing a Lo about him and he didnt mind me taking the mickey! lol.

Good luck to everyone that is entering!

Better get snapping!

NO PHOTOS

Yes you guessed it..Jennifer forgot to take the camera up the mountain on their snowboarding lesson and as a result we have 10 pics of the mountain from the camp and numerous ones of her bunk bed..lol! (holding my head in my hands here!) So the whole story of not taking the photos has to be scrapped of course! lol
Our high school guys are turning out great and today I didnt have to milk this afternoon. So all up today I got 3 hours scrapping done! yay! I finished a CJ, completed my OTP for the UP2scrap DT call and looked at my single LO that I had done for it and went mmmm needs something more. The Double, I hope to do next week as need to take more photos this weekend. I am also waiting for a 2 yo to calve (first time mother) as I want to capture the pic of the new Mum in action..they are such a laugh to watch! Sometimes they catch sight of whats 'out the back end' as they are calving and they spin around and around to see what it is! Centrifugal actions occurs and the calf swings out and around onto the ground..lmao too funny! The calf is fine I have to add as a little thump is good for the heart. Then the new mum cautiously goes up to this writhing body and discovers that it smells of her! Well this is just the moment I want to get on camera as it is just total amazement on her part that this is HERS! She sniffs and bellows, licks and bellows and then the instinct kicks in and she is a MUM.
And finally a photo of the result of my Hubbys' fathers day present....
Yes just one whitebait caught in his net! LOL! The cat turned her nose up at it too! Hopefully they will be running this weekend as we had rain during the week..so fingers crossed for whitebait fritters this weekend!